Pillow-sham adjuster



(No Model.)

J. B. PUGH.

PILLOW SEIAM ADJUSTER. No. 411,351. Patented Sept. 17, 1889.

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JESSE B. PUGII, OF BRAINERD, MINNESOTA.

PILLOW-SHAM ADJUSTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,351, dated September 1'7, 1889.

Application tiled October 15 1888. Serial No. 288,406. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it knoWn that I, JESSE B. PUGH, of Brainnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pillow-Sham Adjusters; and I do hereby declare that the followingisafull, clear, and complete description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure l is a front elevation of the head of a bed having my apparatus in position, the pillow-sham being indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 2 shows the same parts in the same position seen from the left side. Fig. 3 is identical with Fig. 2,eXcept that the sham is raised to its highest position. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of a tubular bar hereinafter described. Fig. 5 is a section on the line .9c Qc, Fig. l, looking to the left.

In the drawings, A is a tubular bar revolubly Inounted in brackets B, IiXed upon the head-board C. The bar is centrally divided and provided at each end with an ornamental knob D, to prevent its slipping longitudinally from the supporting-brackets. Its two parts are kept in alignment by a rod F, supported in a fixed bracket B and lying partly in each part of the bar, to one of which parts it is fixed. By sliding the other part of the bar upon the rod the entire length of the bar may be evidently changed at will. Tags G are fastened at intervals along the bar and serve for the attachment of the pillow-sham. The tube is slotted at its ends to receive the inner ends of light plane spiral springs H, Whose outer ends are fixed, respectively, to the adjacent brackets B, which project some distance from the support upon which they are secured. A

Wire I, preferably of steel, is bent into U shape and has its ends fixed, respectively, to the parts of the bar A. The ends or arms of the Wire yield as the bar is varied in length;

but the middle portion, although slightly varying its distance from the bar, remains substantially parallel thereto.

Now, if the pillow-sham J be fastened to the tags in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, When the Wire frame is rotated upward With the bar A the pillow-sham will be folded, as shown in Fig. 3, its upper edge falling behind the bar, and in this position it will be securely held by the springs H, Whose tension is suiiicient for the purpose, though inadequate to raise the frame and sham from the position of Figs. 1 and 2. This tension is adjusted to the Work to be performed by rotating the brackets with reference to the bar before the brackets are Xed to the head-board.

What I claim is- The combination of the brackets B, the divided t-ubular bar A revolubly mounted therein, the rod F, lying partly in each portion of said bar, the bracket B,support ing said rod between said portions, the tags G, attached to the bar, the U-shaped spring-Wire I, having its ends fixed, respectively, to the parts of the bar, and the springs I'I, having their outer ends secured to the brackets B, respectively, and their inner ends engaging slotsin the bar, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set Iny hand this 25th day of September, 11888.

JESSE B. PUGH.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK E. KREATZ, WILLIE A. BEREMAN. 

